Vista will not shut down, hibernate or sleep

If anyone could help, I would appreciate it. Recently my computer has started having problems with shutting down. I have uninstalled recent programs, reinstalled my power management functions (per HP) and did a system restore.

Nothing seems to work and i can't really pinpoint when this problem started happening.

Anyone out there who can help, I would love to know other things I can try. HP was of no help at all and I am unable to determine if this is a hardware or software issue.

I have Vista x86 with 2 GB of memory on an EVGA 790i mobo with a EVGA Gx2 graphics.I have uninstalled every driver, disabled audio, and all AV programs. It will not shut down, hibernate, sleep or reboot.It just goes to a dark screen and waits for me to push a button.A royal pain in the ****.I have Vista x86 with 2 GB of memory on an EVGA 790i mobo with a EVGA Gx2 graphics.I have uninstalled every driver, disabled audio, and all AV programs. It will not shut down, hibernate, sleep or reboot.It just goes to a dark screen and waits for me to push a button.A royal pain in the ****.

what problem you are facing while shutting down , please specify is some error msg is coming or what is it showing while shutting downwhat problem you are facing while shutting down , please specify is some error msg is coming or what is it showing while shutting down

Had similar problem. 32-bit Vista would immediately resume after
entering sleep/hibernate. Isolated culprit by selectively disabling
services using msconfig. It was the DHCP client. Seems there is a
conflict for the 790i motherboard due to multiple ethernet
ports. Resolved problem by moving network connection from MAC1 to MAC0
(ie, moved the ethernet connector to the other connector on the back of
the computer). Works fine now. Hope this helps.

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Fig. 2. Windows 7 Start Menu. To put Windows 7 to Sleep or Hibernate, click the small arrow head right next the word Shut Down then click Sleep or Hibernate.

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